Range expansion of an exotic ungulate (Ammotragus lervia) in southern Spain: Ecological and conservation concerns

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 851-866

  Cassinello, Jorge ^a   Serrano, Emmanuel ^b   Calabuig, Gustau ^c   Pérez, Jesús M ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammotragus; Biological invasions; Conservation; Distribution; Management; Spain; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; UNGULATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMMOTRAGUS; AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA; ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 1442338680     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000014461.69034.78     Document Type: Review

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